Wildland firefighting: adverse influence on indices of metabolic and cardiovascular health - Coker RH, Murphy CJ, Johannsen M, Galvin G, Ruby BC.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate pre- and post-season measures of body composition, skeletal muscle, and blood parameters/liver lipid in wildland firefighters (WLFF) over the fire season. METHODS: Alaskan WLFF (N  = 27) crews...
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